Individualized nursing care: An empirically generated definition

International Nursing Review

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 54-63

  Radwin, Laurel E ^a,b   Alster, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirically Generated Definition; Individualized Nursing Care; Nursing Care Concepts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MODEL; NEOPLASM; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NEOPLASMS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

EID: 0036518963     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-7657.2002.00101.x     Document Type: Article

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